The Beauty of Westfield - Westfield, MA
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"The Beauty of Westfield" is located in front of the now vacant Bank of America Building at 8 Main Street in downtown Westfield, MA.
Waymark Code: WM10QHC
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 06/11/2019
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Three more decorated utility box murals were painted during May 2019 as part of the Westfield 350th Birthday Celebration. The utility box at 8 Main St. was painted by Westfield artist Shannon Chiba. It contains four separate scenes.
On the front is the historic Dewey House. It was build about 1735 and it is one of the city's few surviving pre-Revolutionary buildings. Also a person riding a Columbia High-wheel bicycle. Columbia bicycles are manufactured in Westfield.
On the east side is one of the many mill pond dams located in Westfield. A Canada goose is swimming below the dam.
On the back a couple is walking along the boardwalk which is located beside Gillette Pond in Stanley Park.
On the west side is a black squirrel. All the black squirrels in the area are descendants of six squirrels which were introduced to Stanley Park in the 1940s. They have since become the predominate color morph in Westfield.
"I tried to capture Westfield’s loviness. I’ve even included the Westfield famous black squirrel"
- Shannon Chiba
Name of Artist: Shannon Chiba
Title of the Art: The Beauty of Westfield
Year Decorated: 2019
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